District Council. It was replaced by another Tram 101 delivered in 1923 which was an experimental design designed by the company's manager E S Rayner with cardan shaft drive to split axles via a differential. The early trams had open upper decks, a form of roll top retractable cover, known as the 'Kennington roof' was trialled on the roofless trams in 1904; these were not totally successful, and fixed roofs were installed from 1906 onwards. From 1919 the drivers' positions and the balconies of the upper decks began to be enclosed. Electrical equipment came from Siemens or Westinghouse for most vehicles; trams built up to 1930 had two electric motors, later trams had two motors of between . Heritage and remnants As of 2017 Tram number 132 is on display at the Streetlife Museum of Transport in Hull, Tram number 96 is preserved and modified as a single deck vehicle at the Heaton Park Tramway, Manchester. In 2018 a short section of track has survived at the Anlaby Road entrance to the former Wheeler Street Depot, additionally the offices of the Cottingham Road depot, and the original horse tram depot at Jesmond Gardens, Holderness Road are still extant. At the town outskirts the reserved track sections were built on a central reservation; these sections on Anlaby, Holderness, Hessle and Beverley Road were converted to dual carriageways; the tram sections now form part of a wide central grass section between the carriageways. See also Doncaster Tramway, the other electric tramway in the UK to use centre groove rail Notes and map references References Sources alternative source: (possibly also printed under the title, or a work of similar scope "Hull Trams : The Early Days") Literature External links (chronology and images) (early history, pre tram transport) Hull Trams at the British Tramways Button and Badges website Tram transport in Kingston upon Hull